David T. Slatery reflects on his tenure as Acting Executive Director.
Visit the Commonwealth Folk Arts & Heritage Digital Archive
A monthly round-up of grants, technical assistance resources, and opportunities for creative and cultural organizations
Workshop
Register for virtual workshops on Leadership, Financial Management, and Advocacy.
Through Safe Harbors, the Agency was able to help organizations understand and access federal assistance through the CARES Act, and provide broad and high-touch capacity building services.
Native American & Indigenous People's Equity Plan (FY25-27)Â
Register for virtual workshops on Human Resources, Trauma and Arts-Centered Healing, and Leadership and Financial Management
Register for virtual workshops on Human Resources, Legal Issues for Arts Administrators, Leadership Management, Financial Management
Workshop
Workshop
The Universal Participation Initiative 2022
Apply by April 30, 2020 to the Gaming Mitigation Program which provides capital to nonprofit and municipal performing arts centers in Massachusetts.
We reached out to dozen or so theaters, museums, and community art centers to ask what they were thinking for their capital equipment needs. That exchange helped us understand what building modifications were being considered for the recovery period and beyond.
Organizations funded through Mass Cultural Council’s Cultural Investment Portfolio have been participating in the DataArts platform for about a decade. DataArts has used that information to provide data-informed insights and resources to the arts and cultural sector – for grantmakers, researchers, and individual organizations.
MA cultural nonprofits report $425M in lost revenue with 17K jobs impacted and $441.8M in total recovery costs.
Funds aim to mitigate a direct threat to the sustainability of nonprofit and municipal performing arts centers in MA.
A Mass Cultural Council initiative that advances the role of culture as a protective factor for the health of everyone in the Commonwealth
Advocacy
Periodically, we pose questions about issues artists face in their work and lives. This month, we asked: Why is it important to you to incorporate real stories or real people into your art?